More than one in eight people in the Valley who voted in the European Union referendum would not vote the same way if given the chance today, a new Free Press survey reveals.

In a poll run via the Free Press website, 12.8 per cent of respondents admitted they had changed their mind since last June’s big vote, in which the nationwide Leave campaign won by 51.9 per cent to 48.1 per cent for Remain.

However, while other polls are being used in support of calls for a second referendum on Brexit, this option was rejected by 62.1 per cent of respondents.

Furthermore, according to our survey, Remain voters are as likely to have changed opinion as their Leave counterparts.

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Rossendale MP Jake Berry said the government’s vision for Britain outside the EU is clear: “a fully-independent, sovereign country with the freedom to make our own decisions.”

He said: “We are leaving the EU, we are not leaving Europe. The government will build a global Britain that will trade around the world, build new alliances with other countries and deliver prosperity for its people.”

Our results showed that 13.0 per cent of Brexiteers would either vote to stay in Europe if a new referendum were held or abstain from voting, compared to 12.7 per cent of people who voted to Remain last June.

Mr Berry added: “There will be not be a second referendum. The British people voted in a free and fair referendum for the UK to leave the EU and we will do just that. The withdrawal deal will also be put to Parliament before it is concluded.”

Following the vote in the House of Commons by a majority of 384 to begin Brexit negotiations, a government source said the Lords could face a public call to be abolished if they stood in the way of the UK leaving the EU.

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Mr Berry said: “The House of Commons has debated the Bill to invoke Article 50 and I voted in favour of it. I believe that it is democratically impossible to ignore the wishes of the electorate.

"The British people voted by an overwhelming majority in June last year to leave the EU and more people voted in the referendum than at any general election since 1992. No Prime Minister or government in British history has ever received as large a mandate. Parliament also voted by a majority of 373 to invoke Article 50 by March this year.”

Rossendale voted overwhelmingly in favour of Brexit on June 23, as 38,205 residents cast their vote with 60.6 per cent supporting the Leave campaign, compared to the 39.3 per cent siding with the Remain camp.

Our survey, which was completed by 203 people, also found that opinion is divided on Britain’s future, with 20.7pc of the survey less confident following Prime Minister Theresa May setting out Brexit plans, with 20.2pc more confident. And while 49.3pc expected the UK to break up within a decade as a result of Brexit, 50.3pc disagreed.